Now these two factories employ the most people, and Ji Donglai just had an excuse to take away half of the people in the elevator factory. The lower the population concentration, the easier it is to control many things.
Yuan Dingcheng thought about it again and again, nodded and finally agreed with Ji Donglai's intention. After all, the usage of the elevator factory is not at its peak during the Chinese New Year, so it might not be a bad thing to build a new factory.
"We don't have tarpaulin equipment at the moment, but there is one company that makes masks with melt-blown cloth. Just in Fang County, the domestic medical equipment is currently in a slump. A friend asked me in the early stage, how about taking a look at that? The market for melt-blown cloth is also relatively large. .”
"The sales market for masks is also huge in our Hebei region. After all, the smog here is like this."
Pointing to the misty environment outside, Yuan Dingcheng was helpless.
The weather in Hebei has never been good, especially in winter, when various heating and industrial smoke and dust are emitted, and the entire air is filled with an indescribable smell.
Throughout Hebei, masks sell very well in winter, but the price is a bit cheap, but the quantity is large. The amount of water used in the entire Hebei region in one winter is the total amount used in other places in a year.
Moreover, the bankruptcy of the other medical equipment factory this time is also a product of the times, because domestic medical equipment factories cannot survive. Remember, they really cannot survive! !
Not to mention anything else, first of all, whether it is a private hospital or a public hospital, the current procurement is all focused on imported equipment for no other reason: profit.
Take hospitals in the metropolitan area. The cost of inspection of imported equipment is 1.5 to twice that of domestic medical equipment. This is still traditional equipment and does not involve cutting-edge equipment such as high-precision nuclear magnetic resonance.
For some more advanced equipment, the testing cost of using imported equipment is more than seven times that of using domestic equipment. In terms of energy consumption and various other expenses, the two are on the same level.
As for the cost of equipment, it stands to reason that it should be the biggest advantage of domestic equipment, but in fact it is not.
The most expensive thing about imported medical equipment is the tariff. In accordance with national requirements and regulations issued in 1997, medical instruments and their accessories used for scientific research, scientific experiments and teaching are exempt from import tariffs and import-related value-added tax and consumption tax.
The import tariff is 6%, the value-added tax is 17%, and the consumption tax is generally 5%. That adds up to 28 percent, almost a quarter of the tax rate.
If everyone strictly follows these regulations, there will be absolutely no problem.
The premise is that this 28% profit is too generous. It’s hard for anyone to get interested in a small device worth hundreds of thousands of yuan. What about medical equipment worth millions or even tens of millions of dollars?
Almost one-third of the price profit eventually led to many people working on it. Therefore, such university-affiliated research institutes and colleges and universities have sprung up all over the country.
Without exception, expensive equipment is imported. Over time, small medical equipment worth hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands has also begun to be exploited.
It's no wonder, one third...it's so tempting!
Domestic equipment already has huge shortcomings in patents, technology, and time accumulation. R&D costs are high and accumulation time is short...a lot of problems are on the table.
As time goes by, many small and medium-sized factories can no longer support themselves. The manufacturer Yuan Dingcheng mentioned is relatively famous in Hebei. It was once prosperous, but after 1997, along with the economic crisis and various restrictions, it took four years of hard work and it couldn't be done anymore.
The sales channels are controlled by foreigners and local sales channel dealers. In terms of patents, foreigners don't like the technical strength of this factory, and there is still a lot of debt.
So the other party is looking for buyers everywhere, including competitors and partners in the same industry, but basically no one is interested.
Yiyuan Manufacturing is now relatively well-known in the industry. Everyone knows that Ji Donglai is investing everywhere, so he approached Yuan Dingcheng and decided to give it a try.
"Okay, bring it up early and let Wang Chuanyi do it to see what conditions are needed. By the way, there will be technical personnel to stay with us. Now if we invest in the project, it must be short, smooth and fast."
"For technical things, we need to find a professional person to do it, even if it is to find an institution to control it for us, we absolutely don't want to buy a factory just to buy a few machines and equipment, just keep the brand, maybe we can do it in two years sell away."
"Sister Zhao, if you follow up on this matter, you must check their various debts and so on. Zero buyout is the best."
It would be no exaggeration to say that the bankruptcy of this medical device factory is a tragedy of the times or a result of bad luck.
Ji Donglai read the other party's information in detail and could only say responsibly: bad luck!
The other party made the ventilator and it was successful, but there was no place to put it into production because: there was no money. Hundreds of prototypes are placed in the warehouse. They are expensive and the salary is high? Only a fool can do it.
Masks are made, and the profit is low! How much profit do you want for a thing that costs a few cents? If everyone in Hebei uses your product, there will definitely be profits, but you must have huge channels, which unfortunately you don’t have.
The rest of the small medical equipment, such as blood pressure monitors, etc., owe hundreds of thousands to other manufacturers just for the sealing rings inside. This is still the debt from back then.
We also work on auxiliary equipment, but the prototypes are still just made and thrown away in a pile, no one wants them! The workers were given back as wages. The workers almost jumped off the building and ended up locked in the warehouse.
If the other party can survive another year, Ji Donglai believes that the other party, the factory director, can lead the factory employees to bring the company back to life, but there are no ifs and what-ifs in business operations.
Bankruptcy means bankruptcy. Che Chaolu wiped his tears while looking at the factory where he had worked hard for so many years, feeling full of reluctance.
He was recruited into the factory at the age of twenty-three, witnessed its glory, and watched the factory decline all the way. Many people blame Che Chaolu for poor management, while others say Che Chaolu was born at the wrong time.
More people said that Che Chaolu betrayed the trust of his employees and could not sell any equipment.
Looking at the rows of medical equipment on the shelves in the warehouse, from medical temperature measuring guns to protective clothing... there were a lot of various samples, and Che Chaolu clicked through them to check them out. We have put our own efforts into every product, but the market recognition has been declining year by year. In the competition with foreign brands, domestic brands have been defeated across the board, and Che Chaolu is unable to change.
"Mr. Yuan, the factory will be handed over to you. The remaining employees are all experienced and have the deepest feelings for the factory. I hope you can treat them well. I'm leaving."
Three million, Zhao Shuying took down the factory without any blood, which is almost like giving it away.
The equipment inside alone is worth more than this amount, and the debts are packaged. As for the workers, those who resign and leave do not need to be paid severance pay, and those who stay at home and wait for notification are paid a basic salary.
(End of chapter)
